Tom W. Bonner
Tom Bonner | |
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Bonner in 1950 | |
| Born | Tom Wilkerson Bonner October 19, 1910 |
| Died | December 6, 1961 (aged 51) Houston, Texas, US |
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| Known for | Bonner sphere |
| Spouse |
Jara Prasilova (m. 1937) |
| Children | 3 |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear physics |
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| Thesis | Collisions of Neutrons with Atomic Nuclei (1934) |
| Doctoral advisor | Harold Albert Wilson |
Tom Wilkerson Bonner (October 19, 1910 – December 6, 1961) was an American experimental physicist who developed important instruments and techniques for neutron physics and nuclear physics (Bonner sphere).